Integrated water resources management, institutions and livelihoods under stress : bottom-up perspectives from Zimbabwe / Collin C. Mabiza

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Mabiza, Collin C

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, 2013Description: xvi, 185 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

9781138000360 (pbk.)

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Summary: The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce, and parts of the basin, such as Zimbabwe's Mzingwane catchment, are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been adopted in the river basin in an attempt to improve water resources management. However, it is not known whether, or how, IWRM has improved practices in water resources management and contributed towards improved livelihoods.This study used a bottom-up approach to analyse water

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Open Shelf	UMPLIB GAMBANG	TD319.R45 M33 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000108361

UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis (Dissertation)

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The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce, and parts of the basin, such as Zimbabwe's Mzingwane catchment, are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been adopted in the river basin in an attempt to improve water resources management. However, it is not known whether, or how, IWRM has improved practices in water resources management and contributed towards improved livelihoods.This study used a bottom-up approach to analyse water